Quentin Tarantino has said in interviews that for the 'Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003): Chapter Five- Show Down at House of Blue Leaves'scene with 'The Crazy 88's' he was going to have a heavy metal song during the fighting. The RZA said in an interview thatMetallica had done a piece for that scene, but obviously Tarantino opted for The RZA's tune.

Tarantino makes no secret of the fact that he borrows and pays homage to Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone pretty heavily in hisfilms, and what more suitable a song for Metallica to play in this scene than Ennio Morricone's "The Ecstasy of Gold", a song fromSergio Leone's 1966 film "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" which plays before each Metallica concert.

I don't know all this for certain, it just seems to fit. This is the first video I've made so everything might not be perfect,but in all it looks and sounds right.

1:10 Uma's darting eyes before the fight are an homage to the darting eyes in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" in the standoff scene, which is right after the "Ecstasy" scene.1:34 The lead guitar is reflected in Gordon Liu's and Uma's eyes, and changes when she shifts her gaze1:45 A crazy 88 does a maneuver with axes as guitar starts again -RZA "You will see the hand movements of the fighters is going with the music."1:55 Backwards sounding guitar part plays while she looks at the reflection in the swordAll impacts in the action are met with something in the music2:20 3 guys are chopped and this met with a different drumming filler bit2:26 Huge crash of the cymbals when snatches the guys eye and it turns black and white2:30 When she's fighting Gordon Liu there is constant noise from the drums which comes back again when he appears to die2:43 The sword pierces someone as the guitar makes a piercing kind of sound2:46 Each time James Hetfield yells "Yeah" it's as a Crazy 88 yells in pain or effort or something3:03 The music totally changes as the fighting heads to the side room3:13 Exactly as Uma's foot hits the main room floor, the main tune returnsWhen Uma flips off of that guy's shoulders and splits somebody else in half, the lead guitar is mimicking the action3:31 The lead guitar plays two notes, one for when the sword goes in, one for when Uma pulls it out the other side3:39 Ann odd sound as she springs off an embedded sword3:47 Uma makes 3 hits, met by 3 crashes of the cymbals4:01 The lead guitar tempo increases as she starts sprinting- In "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" in the exact same moment in the song, Tuco begins running to find the grave of Arch Stanton4:09 A crash when the bamboo hits the head4:11 The distortion noise from the drums returns as the man appears to die4:24 The closing 16 seconds is all in syncThe song runs for exactly the same amount of time as this section of the fightFor "Crane/White Lightning RZA says, "That was for a scene in the movie that was supposed to have a Metallica song. But that didn't work out, so﻿ Quentin told me he wanted a song with a great buildup." - Billboard, 2003